Prosocial implicit trait policies underlie performance on different situational judgment tests with interpersonal content

• Main Authors: MOTOWIDLO, Stephan J., LIEVENS, Filip, GHOSH, Kamalika
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Personality and Social Contexts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5990; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6989/viewcontent/Prosocial_implicit_trait_policies_2018_afv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study tests the hypothesis that situational judgment tests (SJTs) with interpersonal content reflect implicit beliefs about the utility of prosocial action for job effectiveness and that agreeable people are more likely to believe that prosocial action is effective. Two hundred ninety-four unde...